Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles

I didn't discover Silverman until her Comedy Central show and then, of course, realized she'd been around for a while. I'll say upfront I'm a fan so when I saw this was coming out I was really looking forward to it. Well, I loved it. Silverman's insightful, crude, awkwardly shocking, highly structured approach to comedy always gives me a bucket of LOLs. Like Louis CK she approaches some subjects with the intent to disturb. 911, rape jokes, gang bangs, etc. are not meant to make you go "it's funny because it's true!" Rather they're kind of ushering a meta level where the spin is "It's funny because it's AWWWWKward." Anyway, her choice to film in a small venue adds an intimacy and texture that makes the special stand out from most other HBO specials and if you like funny, insightful comics, Tivo it.

I gave it 5 stars, because I think the director did a good job, and technically speaking that deserves a good score. I gave it just 5 stars, because Sarah Silverman's comedy is not for everyone, I didn't even smile throughout the show, most of the jokes are redundant, very easy to figure out. She talks too slowly and that just kills it for me. She does use profanity in language, which I assume is a very different form of it considering the works of George Carlin and Louis C.K. I just think it's not for everyone.

I feel sorry for the people that don't.

I saw this routine when she came to Australia a few years ago. I laughed so hard my eyes closed and I stopped seeing what was going on and I couldn't stop laughing to open them again.

While some new material would have been welcome, this was still pretty great. Hilarious, unpredictable, and occasionally poignant.

Sarah is a tremendous, quick witted comedian. Has been a long time.

In this special, though, I thought she could've done better with the content. Of course she's got the delivery down.

Lots of offensive/divisive/sensitive/controversial bits that just didn't ring as belly laughs. I hate to be THAT guy, about comedians.

Just saying, Sarah's good! If she would slightly make the content a little less uncomfortable, and 6's ratings jump to 9.9's overnight. She's way talented to pull that off and be THE top rated comedian.

I won't miss her next special, "Someone You Love," on 'max,' formerly HBO.

I first learned of Sarah Silverman when I saw ads for "The Sarah Silverman Program" in 2007 or 2008.* I then saw some of her skits and laughed out loud. Her HBO special "Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles" features her in the Largo telling all manner of edgy stories. I particularly liked Silverman's memory of being in the shower with her mom. It just goes to show that humor really does work best when the person is allowed to say whatever s/he wants. Above all, Silverman is among the best that there is in comedy, always letting everyone have it equally.

*I later learned that she co-starred in "Bulworth", "There's Something About Mary" and "Evolution", all of which I had seen years earlier.